| Japan at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | JPN |
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Amsterdam | |
| Competitors | 43 |
| Flag bearer | Yonetaro Nakazawa |
| Medals Ranked 15th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The Empire of Japan competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Japan Amateur Athletic Federation (Nihon Rikujo Kyogi Renmei), founded in 1925, officially took over sponsorship of the Japanese Olympic team from the Japan Amateur Athletic Association in 1928. Japanese government sponsorship of the Olympic effort continued, both financially, and through expansion of the annual Meiji Shrine Games to include a wider variety of sports, including archery, basketball, field hockey, rowing, table tennis, volleyball and equestrian sports. [1]
The games became the qualifying event for the Japanese Olympic team, which now for the first time included a woman (Kinue Hitomi). For the 1928 Olympics, Japan fielded 43 athletes.
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Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Iwao Aizawa | Men's 100 m | ? | 4 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Men's 200 m | 22.6 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Yoshio Miki | Men's 110 m hurdles | 15.4 | 1 Q | ? | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Juichi Nagatani | Men's 10000 m | ? | 19 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Men's Marathon | — | 3:03.34 | 48 | ||||||||
| Seiichiro Tsuda | — | 2:36.20 | 6 | ||||||||
| Kanematsu Yamada | — | 2:35.29 | 4 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Ichiro Furuyama | Discus throw | 37.89 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| Kazuo Kimura | High jump | 1.83 | 1 Q | 1.88 | 6 |
| Yonetaro Nakazawa | Pole vault | 3.66 | 1 Q | 3.90 | 6 |
| Chūhei Nambu | Long jump | 7.25 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| Triple jump | 15.01 | 2 Q | 15.01 | 4 | |
| Mikio Oda | Long jump | 7.11 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| Triple jump | 15.21 | 1 Q | 15.21 |  | |
| High jump | 1.83 | 1 Q | 1.88 | 7 | |
| Yoshio Okita | Discus throw | 36.38 | 30 | Did not advance | |
| Hammer throw | 44.41 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Kosaku Sumiyoshi | Javelin throw | 59.05 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonetaro Nakazawa | Result | 12.4 | 6.04 | 10.37 | 1.75 | 1:01.8 | 18.4 | 31.43 | 3.70 | 40.33 | 5:54.6 | 4795 | 22 |
| Points | 531 | 595 | 508 | 585 | 350 | 464 | 493 | 535 | 447 | 287 | |||
| Tatsuo Toki | Result | 11.6 | 6.90 | 11.03 | 1.75 | 54.4 | 16.8 | 34.01 | 3.10 | 45.83 | 5:10.8 | 5794 | 12 |
| Points | 683 | 790 | 548 | 585 | 617 | 620 | 544 | 381 | 527 | 499 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Kinue Hitomi | 800 m | 2:26:04 | Q | — | 2:17:06 |  | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||||
| Fuji Okamoto | Bantamweight | BYE |  Traynor (IRL)L | Did not advance | |||||
| Kintaro Usuda | Welterweight |  Fernández (ESP)W |  Hall (RHO)W |  Smillie (CAN)L | Did not advance | ||||
| Swimmer | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Fumio Takashina | Men's 3 m springboard | 139.82 | 8 QF | x | x | 139.78 | 9 |
| Equestrian | Horse | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Kozeki Okada | Takushu | Dressage | 193.70 | 20 |
| Kohei Yusa | Sakigake | 166.96 | 28 | |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | ||||||
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| Final | ||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Shunzo Kido | Kyngun | Individual | 200.66 | 17 | 1432.0 | 6 | 1632.66 | 8 | 180.0 | 26 | 1812.66 | 21 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Shigetomo Yoshida | Kyuzan | Individual | DSQ | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage | Round 2 | Repechage | Round 3 | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||||
| Kinichiro Ishii | Single Sculls | DNF | 15 | Did not advance | |||||||||||||||
| Kazuo Nose Makoto Tsushida Isamu Takashima Hachiro Sato Tsukasa Sonobe | Coxed four | 7:49.0 | 2 R | 7:51.4 | 2 | Did not advance | |||||||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| Nobuo Arai | Men's 400 m freestyle | 5:23.4 | 10 QQ | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
| Men's 1500 m freestyle | 21:35:4 | 9 QQ | DNS | Did not advance | |||||
| Toshio Irie | Men's 100 m backstroke | 1:13.4 | 3 QQ | 1:14.0 | 3 QF | 1:13.6 | 4 | ||
| Shourai Kimura | Men's 100 m backstroke | DNS | Did not advance | ||||||
| Yuki Mawatari | Men's 200 m breaststroke | DNS | Did not advance | ||||||
| Katsuo Takaishi | Men's 100 m freestyle | 1:01.2 | 4 QQ | 1:00.0 | 1 QF | 1:00.0 |  | ||
| Men's 400 m freestyle | 5:22.8 | 9 QF | DNS | Did not advance | |||||
| Takaji Takebayashi | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 22:30.4 | 9 QQ | DNF | — | Did not advance | |||
| Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:50.0 | 1 OR | 2:49.2 | 1 OR | 2:48.8 |  OR | ||
| Hiroshi Yoneyama | 400 metre freestyle | 5:17.8 | 3 QQ | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
| Nobuo Arai Tokuhei Sada Katsuo Takaishi Hiroshi Yoneyama | 4×200 metre freestyle relay | 9:42.6 | 2 QF | — | 9:41.4 |  | |||
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Final round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Rank | Final round Result | Rank | ||
| Isuke Shinmen | −65 kg | BYE |  Hans Mollet (SUI)L F | — | 8 | Did not advance | ||||
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